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Hezi Meshita

Hezi Meshita is a retired Israeli Navy brigadier general who headed the Navy's Intelligence Department and later led the Defense Ministry's Rehabilitation Division from 2017 to 2021.

Heading Navy IntelligenceCommanding Shayetet 3Leading the Gilad Shalit campaignHeading the Rehabilitation Division

Occupation: military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: 1982 Lebanon War

The story of Hezi Meshita's life

Yehezkel (Hezi) Meshita grew up in the Krayot area near Haifa.

After joining the IDF he completed the Naval Academy course and qualified as an engineering officer. He later became a naval operations officer and commanded the missile boats INS Nitzachon and INS Keshet, leading Keshet in Operation Derech Netz. He served as naval attaché in the United States, commanded Shayetet 3 from 1997 to 1999, and then headed the Navy's Intelligence Department, including during Operation Noah's Ark.

After retiring from the IDF, he was director general of the Or Yarok association from 2004 to 2007. In 2008 he was appointed head of the campaign for the release of soldier Gilad Shalit and left the post in 2009. He then headed the Defense Ministry body managing the IDF's move to the Negev, and from 2017 to 2021 led the ministry's Rehabilitation Division.

Hezi Meshita's life in 6 milestones

1997
Became commander of Shayetet 3.
2004
Became director general of Or Yarok.
2008
Appointed head of the campaign to free Gilad Shalit.
2009
Left the Gilad Shalit campaign.
2017
Became head of the Defense Ministry's Rehabilitation Division.
2021
Ended his term at the Rehabilitation Division.

Hezi Meshita served in Navy Missile Boat Fighters and Naval Officers Course

He served in the Israeli Navy, commanding missile boats and Shayetet 3 from 1997 to 1999, and retired as a brigadier general after heading the Navy's Intelligence Department. He took part in Operation Derech Netz and Operation Noah's Ark.

Navy Missile Boat Fighters Naval Officers Course